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Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of  ‘4.26% GS 2023’, ‘6.10% GS 2031’ and  ‘6.76% GS 2061’
The Government of India  has announced the Sale  of  ‘4.26% Government Security, 2023’ for a notified amount of Rs 3,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method  ‘6.10% Government Security, 2031’ for a notified amount of Rs 14,000 crore  through price based auction using uniform price method; and  ‘6.76% Government Security 2061’ for a notified amount of Rs 9,000 crore  through price based auction using multiple price method. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs 6,000 crore against above security/securities. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on Friday i.e. September 03, 2021.
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the Securities will be allotted to eligible individuals and institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on September 03, 2021. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on September 03, 2021  and payment by successful bidders will be on September 06, 2021 .
The Securities will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
School kids lead KEEP Namma Pondy Clean drive in Puducherry
With the goal to create a Swachh Bharat, good habits and a sense of stewardship towards environment shall be inculcated into citizens at the grassroot level. Hence, kids should be roped in to learn best practices of Swachhata so that they get to imbibe the principles of cleanliness at a very young age. Acting upon this idea, the Union Territory of Puducherry engaged over 40 schools under the KEEP Namma Pondy clean initiative to mobilize the young crusaders of swachhata during Swachhata Pakhwada- Swachhata Hi Seva campaign.Cities are gearing up for Ek Tareekh Ek Ghanta Ek Sath shramdaan for swachhata on 1st October, for which over 7 lakh sites have already been adopted across the nation.
KEEP Namma Pondy Clean is the mission of making Pondicherry one of the cleanest coastal cities in India. In line with MoHUA’s SUP free zone and with support from local administration and other partners, a ‘Zero waste Initiative’ was launchedat the city’s educational campuses.This initiative gained attention and traction towards efforts in not only properly diverting their wet and dry waste from Kurumbapet landfill but also for actively engaging with the city’s next generation.
Through a partner-driven approach, the KEEP Team initiated dialogues with interested institutions, and engaged with the students to conduct awareness sessions before the Zero Waste Kit- consisting of 1 blue bin and 2 compost bins, was handed over to each school. With this, the staff and students were briefed on source segregation andways to use the compost bins on campus. The students were made a part of waste-to-art competitions, cleanup drives and tours of Pondicherry’s first Material Recovery Facility called the Sanitation Park. Inspired by the proactive approach of the Pondicherry body, the Oulgaret Municipality followed suit. Planned at a neighbourhood level, two community composters were installed to manage the wet waste in Oulgaret Municipality. The KEEP team ensures regular door-to-door awareness campaigns to ensure residents are segregating at source. The sanitation workerswere too roped in to manage the compost bins. This has created a sense of ownership among the community towards creating value from their waste.
As an impact, the initiative witnessed diversion of over 950kg of dry waste by diverting the dry waste to the Sanitation Park and ensuring proper end-of-lifedisposal, composting at the campus level, students and staff learned in a practical andhands-on manner about the value derived from waste through plasticwaste management and composting.The initiative boosted community engagement. More importantly, through the initiative and engagement programmes such as waste-to-art competitions andcleanup drives, the young minds weremade eco-conscious with the help of creative andinnovative methods beyond the classroom.
Ministry of Communications
Conference with Internet Service Providers by DoT Gujarat LSA
On 08.08.2022, Gujarat LSA Department of Telecommunications  organized an interactive conference with the Internet Service Providers  of Gujarat, at Hotel Pragati The Grand, Thaltej Ahmedabad, with an aim to sensitize all the stakeholders on the key initiatives taken by the DoT on the new business opportunities for the service providers to expand their role in “Digital India” & “Broadband for All” missions of Govt. of India. Issues related security aspects and customer satisfaction were also deliberated.
The conference was attended by the representatives of more than forty service providers, senior officials of DoT Gujarat LSA, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited  and Bharat Broadband Nigam Limited .
The keynote address was delivered by Smt. Gunjan Dave Sr. DDG and the head of DoT Gujarat LSA, emphasizing that the ISPs are one of major enablers to achieve the most important target of the National Digital Communications Policy  – 2018 i.e. “Broadband for All”. The ISPs are also envisaged to play a vital role in providing the broadband connectivity in the villages to minimize the urban-rural digital divide. DOT has implemented pan-India Bharatnet project to connect all the Gram Panchayats  on optical fibre  and in Gujarat the work is almost complete, with 14191 out of 14301 GPs are service ready. This Bharatnet network is ready for use by the ISPs for the proliferation of the broadband in rural Gujarat, where there is massive untapped demand for the broadband service.
Subsequently presentations and discussions were held on the following major issues :-
- Business opportunities in Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface  framework and as Machine-to-Machine  service providers.
- Utilization of Bharatnet OFC network and scope of ISPs to provide broadband connections in the villages.
- Timely resolution of public grievances  and complaints to improved overall customer satisfaction.
- Critical “DO”s and “DONT”s by the ISPs, in accordance to the license conditions and related instructions.
- Security related aspects that need to be adhered to by the ISPs, including implementation Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipment  procedure.
- Exhaustive question and answer session to facilitate resolving queries and doubts of the ISPs.
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Ministry of Earth Sciences
Participation of Private Sector in Weather Forecast and Disaster Management
IMD signed a MoU with Google Asia Pvt Ltd in Sept-2021 for sharing the cyclone related advisories in the RA II region and for the development of nowcast technique for prediction of location specific rainfall.
In addition to above,
- For dissemination of forecast and warning messages related to Agricultural services, Public Private Partnership is in vogue in IMD.
- For development of indigenous radars, support from Private Sector is taken by the department.
- For thunderstorm and lightning related weather services, IMD has working in collaboration with Climate Resilient Observing System Promotion Council .
- For providing support in the development of various met applications and services, proposals invited from Indian Startups.
The “Satellite Tracked Lagrangian Drifter with Barometric Pressure Sensor and INSAT communication” has been indigenized with the technology transfer from National Institute of Ocean Technology . Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services  is the procuring entity as per need. IMD has explored the possibility of replacing the old optical, odolite-based Pilot balloon system with the latest GPS-based Pilotsonde systems to get the upper air wind data with better accuracy. This technology has the capacity to reduce the data loss and to further improve weather forecasting services. Apart from this, many of the observational instrumentation  which are manufactured in the country are procured to support the Government’s Make in India policy, on need basis.
This information was given by Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, over 54 lakh grievances out of 57 lakh disposed of in the last three years
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the total number of Public Grievances filed on the online Centralized Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System  in last three years is 57, 25,443 out of which 54, 65,826 grievances have been disposed of.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, the Minister informed that some of the general grievances categories are allegations of corruption/mal practices, land related problems, environment issues/animal welfare/forest conservation, harassment/atrocities, police, railway etc.
Under the CPGRAMS version 7.0 implemented in 14 top grievance receiving Ministries since September 2019, Ministry specific grievance categories have been introduced so that citizens can choose the category and sub category in which the grievance is to be filed. CPGRAMS provides feedback option to the citizen after his/ her grievance is disposed of. If the citizen is not satisfied with the resolution and rates the disposal as ‘Poor’, the option to file an appeal to the next higher authority is enabled in CPGRAMS. A total of 4, 90,044 citizens gave feedback during last three years and 66396 appeals have been filed of which 52242 appeals have been disposed of.
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Ministry of Defence
IAF airlifts empty Oxygen Containers for Treatment of COVID-19 Patients
Indian Air Force in its run to fight against COVID19, airlifts empty Oxygen Containers in Maharashtra to filling stations.
One C-17 of Indian Air Force was airborne from Hindan air base for Pune Airbase today, 24th April 2021 at 08:00 am . The aircraft arrived at Pune at 10:00 am. The jet is being loaded with empty container trucks for Liquid Medical Oxygen. The aircraft will depart Pune and offload these containers at Jamnagar Air Base by 1:30 pm today.
Also IAF has deployed its C-17 which was airborne from the Hindan Air Base for Changi International Airport, Singapore today at 2 AM. The aircraft arrived at Singapore at 07:45 am. After loading four containers of cryogenic oxygen tanks, it will depart Singapore and land at Panagarh Air Base in West Bengal and offload these containers by this evening.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Japan to invest Rs 13,000 cr in Northeast
The Government of Japan has decided to invest an amount of 205.784 billion Yen, equivalent to approximately Rs.13,000 crore, in several ongoing as well as new projects in different states of India's North- Eastern region.This was disclosed after a meeting which the DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh had with the Japanese delegation led by Ambassador Mr Kenji Hiramatsu, here today.
Some of the important projects in which Japan will collaborate include Guwahati Water Supply Project and Guwahati Sewage Project in Assam, Northeast Road Network Connectivity Improvement Project spread over Assam and Meghalaya, Northeast Network Connectivity Improvement Project in Meghalaya, Bio-diversity Conservation and Forest Management Project in Sikkim, Sustainable Forest Management Project in Tripura, Technical Cooperation Project for Sustainable Agriculture & Irrigation in Mizoram, Forest Management Project in Nagaland, etc.
Dr Jitendra Singh appreciated the Japanese contribution to the development and transformation of the North-Eastern region in the last three to four years. He said, in the times to come, new areas of collaboration will also be sought to be worked out, which could possibly include Bamboo-related collaboration. Significantly, it was the Government led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, which amended the 90-year old "Indian Forest Act of 1919" of the British Government to bring the home-grown Bamboo out of its purview, he added.
Ministry of Finance
Office of Chief Adviser Cost celebrates Iconic Week of the Ministry of Finance
The Office of Chief Adviser Cost, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, is celebrating Iconic Week of the Ministry of Finance under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav . Being part of the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Office of Chief Adviser Cost is organising series of programmes/ events during this week as under:
- Seminar on “Appraisal & Monitoring of Infrastructure Projects – Time & Cost Overruns” on 06th June, 2022
- “Walkathon from Lodi Garden to Office of Chief Adviser Cost’ on 07th June, 2022.
- Workshop on ‘Vision ICoAS@2047’ on 08th June, 2022
- Workshop on “Input Tax Credit under Goods and Service Tax Act” on 09th June, 2022.
- Workshop on “Cost Accounting Standard 19 on Joint Costs” on 10th June, 2022.
While kicking off the AKAM celebrations, Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary stated that the Prime Minister's vision is to make the India as one of the world's top three economies and bring it closer to developed nation status by the 100th year of its independence in 2047. The Government has focused on time-bound creation of world-class infrastructure and has enhanced the capital expenditure by 35.4% in the budget 2022-23.
However, time and cost overrun create bottleneck in achieving the vision of the Prime Minister. While stressing on the need of technology to manage and control the delay in the construction phase, he also emphasised on appraisal of projects before commissioning by involving technical and financial experts. Appraisal/monitoring of projects by an independent group comprising ICoAS Officers at the time of appraisal and during/post completion of the project may speed up in creation of excellent infrastructure during the AMRIT KAL, he added.
Ministry of Coal
Measures To Enhance Infrastructure for Coal Mines
In respect of Coal India Limited  and its subsidiaries; NLC India Limited  and Singareni Collieries Company Limited , all the mines are equipped with adequate coal evacuation infrastructure capacity for mines operating, at present. However, in view of upcoming mines and increase in coal production in upcoming years, the following steps have been taken to develop infrastructure for coal industries:
- Rail Infrastructure Projects: 14 major Rail Projects are being constructed for evacuation of coal. This is a joint initiative of Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Railways. Out of 14 Rail Projects, six are being funded by Railways while four are on deposit basis by coal companies and four are being executed through SPVs formed by the Coal Companies, Railways and State Governments.
- First Mile Connectivity  projects: 48 FMC projects are taken up under different stages of construction for efficient evacuation of coal from mines to siding through mechanized Coal Handling Plants /SILO/Rapid Loading System  systems as part of providing better environment for the surroundings. Coal India Limited  has undertaken 44 First Mile Connectivity  projects from their own internal resources. In addition, Singareni Collieries Company Limited  has undertaken 3 FMC projects and NLC India Limited has undertaken 01 FMC project.
- Road Works are taken by Coal Companies from their internal resources for evacuation of coal.
There is a sub-scheme namely, “Development of Transportation Infrastructure in Coalfield Areas ” under Central Sector Scheme  of “Conservation, Safety and Infrastructural Development in Coal Mines” to give financial assistance for development of transportation infrastructure in coal fields. Under the sub-scheme of DTIC, total outlay for 5 years  is Rs. 362.72 crores.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Wheat procurement up by 30% in comparison to corresponding period of last year
Total 366.61LMT wheat procured on MSP from 37.15 Lakh farmers during current RMS 2021-22
Around 742.41LMTs paddy procured on MSP for ongoing KMS 2020-21 and RMS benefitting111.00 Lakh farmers
Government through its Nodal Agencies procured 6,69,411.32 MT of Pulses and Oilseeds on MSP benefitting 4,01,265 farmers
Procurement of Wheat in ongoing RMS2021-22 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, and Jammu & Kashmir at MSP, as was done in previous seasons,and till now  a quantity of over 366.61 LMT of Wheat has been procured against the last year corresponding purchase of 282.69 LMT. About37.15 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs. 72,406.11Crore.
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Paddy procurement in the ongoing season Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States with purchase of over 742.41 LMTs of paddy  upto14.05.2021 against the last year corresponding purchase of 687.24 LMT. About 111.00 Lakh farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 1,40,165.72 Crore.
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Further, based on the proposal from the States, approval was accorded for procurement of 107.37 LMT of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21 & Rabi Marketing Season 2021 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme .The sanction for procurement of 1.74 LMT of Copra  for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala was also given. For other States/UTs, approval will also be accorded on receipt of proposals for procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra under PSS so that procurement of FAQ grade of these crops can be made at notified MSP for the year 2020-21 directly from the registered farmers, if the market rate goes below MSP during the notified harvesting period in the respective States/UTs by the Central Nodal Agencies through State nominated procuring agencies.
Upto14.05.2021, the Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured6,69,411.32MT of Moong, Urad, Tur, Gram, Masoor, Groundnut Pods, Mustard Seed and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs.3,507.80Crores benefitting4,01,265farmers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana and Rajasthan under Kharif2020-21 & Rabi 2021.
Similarly, 5089 MT of copra  having MSP value of Rs.52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu upto14.05.2021.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Committee of experts constituted to look into the incident at Khooni Nallah on 19th May,2022, Dist-Ramban of Jammu Srinagar Highway
The stretch between Digdole and Khooni Nallah of Ramban Banihal section is prone to frequent landslides/shooting stones due to fragile geology. Considering the strategic importance of maintaining all weather connectivity to Srinagar and after assessing the challenges in ensuring stability of Hill slopes on existing alignment, Tunnels/Viaducts are proposed under 3 packages in Ramban Banihal section. The Twin tube Tunnel work in 4-laning from Digdole to Panthyal on Jammu Srinagar Highway was awarded to M/s Ceigall India Limited in JV with Patel Engineering Limited. The construction work started on 1st February 2022.
On 19.05.2022 around 10.30 to 11 PM in night land slide and shooting of stones started while the execution of portal support installation work of adit at Khooni Nallah was also being done. Before workers could be moved out, suddenly huge rock mass fell above the false steel portal erected for construction of adit which caved in leading to trapping of 12 workers at that spot. Senior NHAI officers immediately reached the site and rescue work was immediately started by SDRF, NDRF, J&K Police.
Two workers are rescued immediately and were hospitalized; and all possible medical Aid is being extended to them. The rescue work was hampered by intermittent shooting stones and bad weather. The trapped workers did not survive and bodies of 10 trapped workers was recovered by last evening. Those whose life could not be saved are being given Workman compensation and additional ex-gratia of Rs 2.00 lakh by EPC contractor which amounts to at least Rs 15 lakh. The injured are also being adequately compensated. In addition, the UT administration has also announced ex- gratia relief of Rs 1.0 lakh. It is yet to be determined whether the occurrence of the incidence is due to work being executed or due to natural reasons.
A Committee of 3 independent Eminent Experts has been constituted by Central Govt which has already moved to site to investigate the reasons for Slide/Collapse and remedial measures thereof. Further action will be taken based on report of Committee. NHAI has already initiated process to handle such emergency situation and also taking all possible measures to avoid such mishappening in future.